Real * Virtual

I am sorry to leave blog for a long term!

I reopen from today.


NONKO ROMANKAN is a brand very popular in Japanese community of the secondlife.
This brand makes individual items which fused in a Gothic taste and a Japanese traditional taste.



"Real" Kimono brand "bushoan" made a secondlife item of NONKO ROMANMAN a "real" product.
They are sold now in IseTan Shinjuku shop.









PV which used second life for shown in the sales floor(It is shown in YouYube too).





This "real" item which born as "virtual", seems to be popular with not only a young person but also the elderly.

NONKO ROMANKAN BLOG
http://nonko.slmame.com/

bushoan
http://www.bushoan.co.jp/

NONKO ROMANMAN Second Life Shop
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Plush%20Epsilon/95/104/22

I go to "Engage! Expo"

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Engage! Expo - March 10-11, 2009 - NYC (formerly Virtual Worlds 2009) via kwout

I go to "Engage! Expo" that held next week in New York.　Therefore I may not do the update of the article.

Sorry!

Japanese Rock guitarist "Osama" Live in SecondLife!!!!!

On March 5, Japanese Rock guitarist "Osama" Live was held in Japanese SIM "GO GOing Ark" of the SecondLife.



Osama is a musician that translates into Japanese the famous tune of classical Rock such as Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple and The Rolling Stones. (By the way, "Osama" is a word to mean "King" in Japanese. )



His name and looks seem to joke.　But, his guitar technique is really splendid.

Please watch this YouTube movie.





It is the second that he holds a Live in SecondLife. But, he doesn't have SIM and a foothold in SecondLife.





When he holds Live , he cooperates with his fan and SecondLife users.




A visitor of 74 came for Live.　And Live was broadcasted in Stickam Japan, and several hundred people watched it.

I think that this is successful Live (Virtual)worldwide.


-Live Set List-
1.Rock and Roll / Led Zeppelin
2.Foxey Lady / Jimi Hendrix
3.Sunshine of Your Love / CREAM
4.Detroit Rock City / KISS
5.Paranoid / Black Sabbath
6.Separate Ways / Journey
7.Eruption～You Really Got Me / Van Halen
8.Deep Purple medley~Highway Star~Speed King~Burn~Smoke on the Water
9.Rainbow medley~Kill the King~Spotlight Kid~All Night Long~Ｉ Surrender
10.Smoke on the Water [ENTER SANDMAN / METALLICA Arrange] / Deep Purple


-Osama CD-

ntomo

Today, I introduce "ntomo".



ntomo is South Korean 3D VirtualWorld "PUPPYRED" that does localized for Japan.
This service is popular among the girls of the kindergarten~primary school in Korea. On the other hand, it is popular with housewives in Japan. Because the reason, the Japanese girl uses the mobile telephone than PC. And, the Japanese housewife spends most of day in a house.








ntomo user can have land called "minipark", and can custom put a virtualitem.





In addition, the user can do a custom of one's avatar.

ntomo have not UGC by the user such as SecondLife, but there is the casual that even the person who is not used to the VirtualWorld can easily operate.

In Japan, the VirtualWorld yet never spreads in comparison with Europe and America. I think, "casual VirtualWorld" such as ntomo should become the entrance.

pixiv appears in the Wikipedia English version

Illustration SNS "pixiv" which I wrote the article yesterday, appeared in the Wikipedia English version!

This page explains the history and function of pixiv in detail.There was the explanation of pixiv festa, too.

Please check it!




http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pixiv

pixiv FESTA

"Pixiv Festa" was held in Design Festa Gallery in Tokyo Harajuku from February 27th to March 1st.
"Pixiv Festa" is real exhibition that illustration SNS "Pixiv" held.


Design Festa Gallery EAST





Pixiv is SNS that contributes and shares the illustration most popular in Japan.


MyPage

The user watch the illustration which other users drew and writes comment and can evaluate it in a star.

I register myself with pixiv, and time forgets to pass when I watch the illustration of other users.


Pixiv Festa was prosperous very much so that it was stood in line.There was the person who came from the district outside Tokyo.



Pixiv Festa was exhibition, and off-line meeting too.



Do you refer to the article of other IT newssites?

フォトレポート：pixivが3次元になったら--「pixivフェスタ」が開幕:ニュース - CNET Japan via kwout

イラスト展示会「pixivフェスタ」開催　雪の中行列も - ITmedia News via kwout

Design Festa Gallery:
Design Festa Gallery is a unipue international art gallery. Anyone can exhibit as long as the work is original. No limit to age, nationality or genre.

SENGOKU (Last)Senryu contest! (3)

At the dancing...





bang!!!!!







A castle has disappeared suddenly.


The participant who has fallen into the ground...








Then There Were None...




feudal lord returned to an owner in object in SIM in real time.

And we performed a dance in SIM which have nothing.













Then, suddenly...




A feudal lord has become a priest.



Buddhist avatar in fit place





Finally we photographed a souvenir picture together.








SENGOKU was SIM that famous advertising agency Yomiko Advertising had managed.

However, one of the users said.　"We never have what thought that here is SIM that the enterprise manages."


A lot of company in Japan thought, "Let's did the moneymaking with SecondLife" at time when SecondLife got into the news. And, everything of company that thought so failed almost.

The company should not do to make it to earnings in a short term but had to deepen the user and to deepen bonds.

SENGOKU succeeded in it.

It will be that the image of Yomiko improved by it.



Will not it be "Engagement" to be the most important in the social media?

SENGOKU (Last)Senryu contest! (2)

Ssenryu contest start! The contest place is "a throne room" of the castle.
Because it was the last contest, a lot of participants gathered, and SIM became heavy and the screen was not loaded easily therefore(It is one of the causes that my PC is low spec…)

The participation method of the contest was the thing that it was easy to do remark of one's senryu by a text chat.


The winners








Congratulations!




Next, the dance was held.




（Best shot1）



The feudal lord who apologizes


（Best shot2）







Diving










In this next moment, a surprising thing happened・・・